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Q/determine if it is valid or invalid. Explain your reasoning! All Game 1 starte

ID: 3078845 • Letter: Q

Question

Q/determine if it is valid or invalid. Explain your reasoning! All Game 1 starters are good baseball players. All All-Stars are good baseball players. ? All All-Stars are Game 1 starters. invalid; converse error All outdoor cats kill birds. None of my cats kill birds. ? None of my cats are outdoor cats. valid; Mine(x) ? ?KillBirds(x) and Outdoor(x) ? KillBirds(x) ? ?KillBirds(x) ? ?Outdoor(x) All Prius drivers drive slowly. No oil executives are Prius drivers. ? No oil executives drive slowly. invalid; inverse error

Explanation / Answer

PLEASE DO RATE THE ANSWERS All Game 1 starters are good baseball players. All All-Stars are good baseball players. ? All All-Stars are Game 1 starters ABOVE STATEMENT IS INVALID ..( because from the statement we can note that all stars and game 1 starters can be different) All outdoor cats kill birds. None of my cats kill birds. ? None of my cats are outdoor cats ABOVE STATEMENT IS VALID (because the first two statements are implying the third) All Prius drivers drive slowly. No oil executives are Prius drivers. ? No oil executives drive slowly. ABOVE STATEMENT IS INVALID (because the third statement need not imply the first and second statement)